“The jury is unanimous. We award the Mary Shelley prize to Erin Li for her original vision, rigorous world-building, and creative storytelling in her impressive short film, Kepler X-47. We look forward to seeing Erin grow as a bold new voice in the SciFi genre.”

Honored to be nominated for the Mary Shelley Award at Other Worlds Austin, for directing Kepler X-47! The film premieres in Texas at Other Worlds Austin on Fri. Dec. 2 at 10:10pm as part of SciFi Shorts 1 – How to Recognize A Monster.

I was recently invited to The Black List’s inaugural Asian American Writers dinner, hosted by founder Franklin Leonard. To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, The Black List asked us to pick an #EssentialAsianFilm and write about it.

“The film is intensely perfect at relating its world to ours in real life. The vast majority of us sit at a desk and lazily hammer on a keyboard at the intense eye of our bosses, and we are released only when the clock strikes a certain hour.”